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Anotlier female from the same locality is much redder 

 above, the hairs tipped with yellow on the sides and with 

 ferruginous on dorsal region and on thighs ; middle of head 

 from a point on the forehead to occiput blackish brown ; back 

 of neck reddish brown like dorsal regiou ; long hairs on 

 forehead and sides of head pale brown ; arms reddish brown, 

 only a little of the pale yellow so conspicuous on the male 

 appearing near the shoulder ; forearms, legs, hands, itei^ 

 underparts, and tail like in the other female. 



These three specimens resemble those of no species with 

 which 1 am acquainted; the style of coloration is alike in 

 all of them, altliough the tints vary somewhat from a blackish 

 to a reddish brown. All three are strongly speckled on the 

 lower back, legs, and tail by the light tips of the hairs, but 

 only the male has the very light arms. The hair on the head 

 of the male is short and compressed, but the hair on the head 

 of the females is long, loose, and in the form of a crest 

 standing upright on the forehead and away from the sides of 

 the head. The female last described has the back of the 

 head reddish brown like the neck, while the other has the 

 crown and nape alike, of a blackish-brown colour. In this 

 respect, however, tliey merely follow the habit of many 

 species of the genus Cehus, individuals varying greatly 

 among themselves, even from the same locality, in the pattern 

 exhibited on the crown of the head, as well as in the distri- 

 bution and variety of tints on various parts of the body. 



I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Old field Thomas, 

 Curator of Manmialogy in the British J\luseum, for the 

 oj)portunity of describing tlie above specimens. 



XLT. — On the Occurrence 0/ Acantlioglossus in British 

 Etw Liuinta. By OlDFIELD TlIOMAS. 



Ttie Long-nosed Echidna, Acanthoglossns '^ (otherwise 

 Zcglossus, still better known as I'roechidna), has liitherto 

 only been known from tlie north-western part of New Guinea, 

 whence have come all the examples in the different European 

 museums. Of these Mr. II 'tlischild possesses, in the Tring 



* I do not admit tliat the name AcanthogJassms is preoccupied and 

 rendered invalid by the existence of the earlier Acanthoylossa. 



